19.3 alias (Revision #0)

\alias
	Creates or displays command aliases.
Syntax
	\alias [ALIAS_NAME=ALIAS_BODY]
Description
	If no arguments are supplied to the \alias command, then the list of aliases currently in effect is displayed. Otherwise, it creates a new alias with a name of ALIAS_NAME and a body of ALIAS_BODY; if ALIAS_NAME already exists the body of the existing ALIAS_NAME is replaced with the new definition. After defining the new alias, whenever shell encounters a line beginning with ALIAS_NAME, the remainder of the line is replaced with ALIAS_BODY before any further processing is performed.
Example
	\alias sh=\sqlhistory
Notes	Pipes are NOT supported with \alias when the ALIAS_BODY is not quoted For e.g the command \alias "oscheck=\exec ps -aux" will create an alias named oscheck that is equivalent to ps -aux
See Also
	\unalias

Please see the Common Aliases and Variables page for the list of the default aliases.